Much like Kagame, Zenawi presented himself as the acceptable face of strongman rule. President Obama’s national security adviser, Susan Rice, spoke on his death in 2012 of his ‘world-class mind’, declaring, ‘He wasn’t just brilliant. He wasn’t just a relentless negotiator and a formidable debater. He wasn’t just a thirsty consumer of knowledge. He was uncommonly wise.’
Hypocrites when the leader develops the economy
